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With video: Finding jobs, fighting brain drain at Pure Michigan Talent events

October 27, 2011 Events

The Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC) is driving an intense end-of-the-year push to attract and retain top talent for jobs with Michigan employers. Three MEDC talent career networking initiatives — LiveWorkDetroit, Pure Michigan Opportunity, and MichAGAIN – will host events in Detroit, Holland, and San Jose California through the end of November. And Michigan Shifting Gears, [...]

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Tagged as: Events, Job Fair, Jobs, talent

Accelerate Michigan Innovation Competition

October 27, 2011 Entrepreneurship & Innovation

Registration is open for the second annual Accelerate Michigan Innovation Competition, November 15-17, 2011. Event highlights include two and a half days of experiencing innovative company pitches, exciting student ideas, keynotes from leading entrepreneurs and investors as well as multiple receptions and networking opportunities. Fifty-three mid- to late-stage start-up businesses have been chosen as semifinalists for the [...]

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Tagged as: Entrepreneurship & Innovation, Events

U-M event celebrates invention, offers networking opportunities

October 19, 2011 Entrepreneurship & Innovation

The University of Michigan is holding its annual Celebrate Invention showcase on Wednesday, October 19 to celebrate some of the cool start-ups and inventions that have come out of labs this year. A record 430+ people have RSVPd for the annual event. The reception is also intended to encourage networking among the inventor community and with other community partners. Here are some [...]

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Tagged as: Entrepreneurship & Innovation, Events, invention, University of Michigan

Pure Michigan Business Connect announces new Google partnership

October 19, 2011 Events

Michigan Get Your Business Online – a new partnership with Google – is an easy, free, and fast way to get your business online. Google is the latest company to join Pure Michigan Business Connect, the online toolkit providing Michigan businesses with new ways to buy and sell, raise capital, obtain legal advice and connect [...]

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Tagged as: Entrepreneurship & Innovation, Events

Midwest and Canadian trade, export and transportation summit starts Sunday

October 13, 2011 Events

Trade, transportation and export professionals from Michigan, Ohio, Ontario and Nova Scotia will gather at the Great Lakes International Trade and Transport Hub Summit taking place October 16-18 at the Kellogg Center in East Lansing. The summit will connect policy leaders, industry experts, economic developers and researchers and provide a forum in which to identify [...]

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Tagged as: economic diversification, Events, export, great lakes, trade, transportation

LiveWorkDetroit! events scheduled for October, November

October 6, 2011 Events

College students and recent graduates who are thinking about where they’d like to work and live after graduation are invited to the next LiveWorkDetroit! Entrepreneurs and Creative Sectors event on October 21, 2011 from 10 am to 4:30 pm. This MEDC program connects Michigan’s college graduates to new opportunities in Detroit and promotes the city [...]

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Tagged as: economic development attraction/retention programs, Events, Jobs, talent

Volunteer with Shifting Gears and Help Michigan Retain Talent

September 21, 2011 Entrepreneurship & Innovation

Michigan Shifting Gears, an MEDC program designed to help highly-educated and experienced business professionals transition to new opportunities, needs your help. Volunteer mentors and resume reviewers are needed at events this week, next week, and beyond. For more information on becoming a volunteer with the program, send e-mail to Maria Nevai at ShiftingGears@Michigan.org. How you [...]

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Tagged as: career opportunities, Entrepreneurship & Innovation, Events, Mentor, talent, training

Michigan leads comeback: home sales soar, Quicken hiring 500

September 13, 2011 Great Companies

With metro Detroit’s August home sales soaring by 19.4 percent over the same time in 2010, Detroit-based Quicken Loans is hiring another 500 staffers. Michigan, which lost more jobs than any other state during the past decade, has been a national comeback leader in recent weeks. Just this month, Newsweek / The Daily Beast ranked [...]

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Tagged as: Economic Growth, Events, Job Fair

Shifting Gears Fall 2011 offers career transition training

August 22, 2011 Entrepreneurship & Innovation

Space is still available for seasoned business professionals looking to shift their skills into new job opportunities through Michigan Shifting Gears Fall 2011, a career transition development program offered by the Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC). “As Michigan transitions into the new economy, many highly skilled and experienced individuals across the state are struggling to [...]

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Tagged as: career change, career opportunities, Entrepreneurship & Innovation, Events, talent

MEDC Offers Community Assistance Workshop in Kalamazoo

August 15, 2011 Community Development

The Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC) is hosting a Community Assistance Workshop on August 25 in Kalamazoo. “This is a golden opportunity for economic developers and local officials to learn about all the tools available to facilitate strong communities,” said MEDC President and CEO Michael A. Finney. “Putting Michigan’s economic and community development tools to [...]

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Tagged as: Community Development, Events

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